The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary Renault
Mary Renault | The Friendly Young Ladies | Set in 1937, The Friendly Young Ladies is a romantic comedy of off-Bloomsbury bohemia. Sheltered, naïve, and just eighteen, Elsie leaves the st
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A Woman Like That by Joan Larkin
Joan Larkin | A Woman Like That |
The act of ‘coming out’ has the power to transform every aspect of a woman’s life: family, friendships, career, sexuality, spirituality. An essenti
The Homo Handbook by Judy Carter
Judy Carter | The Homo Handbook | Stand-up comic Judy Carter speaks out–way out–in this entertaining and helpful guide to ‘being a homo’. For gays and lesbians thinking about coming
Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison | Cavedweller | From the author of Bastard Out of Carolina comes another compelling novel about four women whose lives converge unexpectedly and force all of them to
Miss Peabody’s inheritance by Elizabeth Jolley
Elizabeth Jolley | Miss Peabody’s inheritance | ‘In this powerful tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne, a cu
Burning Ground by Pearl Luke
Pearl Luke | Burning Ground | Working in a fire tower in the Canadian woods, Percy Turner’s emotional state is hanging on by a thread. Fires smolder within her–the lifelong passio
High and Outside by Linnea A. Due
Linnea A. Due | High and Outside | Star of her school softball team and with the highest point average in her class, Niki nonetheless has a severe drinking problem, and after nearly sel
Other Women by Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther | Other Women | With two young sons, a failed marriage, a job as an emergency room nurse that leaves her feeling paralyzed and hopeless, and a relationship with a wom
Under The Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta | Under The Udala Trees | Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is 11 when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to s
Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Julie Anne Peters | Luna | Regan’s brother Liam can’t stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, on